//------------------------------// // Crazy Love - Fluttershy: According to You // Story: Realizations: Cycle 1 // by Jaycren //------------------------------// Fluttershy dreamed, the voices of those who had put her down, thought she was to weak to defend herself, or dismissed her because being kind meant doormat. The cacophony swirled around the quivering yellow pegasi, the voices of her friends and enemies all agreeing on one thing. "She needs to be protected" "Heh, She won't stick up for her self" "She is weak" "Weakest, worthless element," The voices in her head refused to stop. They plagued her, haunted her in her waking hours. Here in the dream world there was nothing between them and her until, finally, she sang forth her hearts words According to them I'm Weak I'm Useless I need Protection all the time According to them I'm to easy No Backbone Always doing what others say I'm a mess of a Pegasus Can't stand up for what's mine Even to protect my life According to them According to them Her quiet voice silenced as she hung her head low, her hair hanging over her face, but then a voice. "What fun is there in making sense?" it echoed for a time, before the voice again came, shocked and sad, but hopeful "I never had a friend before." Her head arose, her hair settling back, her face exposed to to the world and the cruelty within it, but this time it wasn't with timidity that she sang out. But According to Him He says I'm Beautiful Chaotically Improbable He won't ever hurt me again According to him I'm steady Unimpeachable The friend he never knew he wanted This time the voices of her friends sought to shout down her words about the friend who, even in betrayal, thought of HER first. That is what got him to listen to that foul centaur, a promise to afterwards, return her magic, and leave her unharmed. The rest was to seal the deal for her friend. "You can't be serious?!" "Your friends with that thing?" "We need to put him back in stone!!" She knew such a deal would have been impossible for her friend to resist. He needed to be chaotic the same way Applejack needed to be honest or any of the elements needed to act according to their element. He had been treated like a disposable resource, an errand boy, a servant. SHE had been the only one to teach this friendless being what having a friend meant. Not even the Princess of Friendship could have said that. It was why she forgave him so quickly. So again Heart Song rode forth and did triumph over the voices of negativity. He needs to be Chaotic I'm never stopping him So I'm Telling Everypony What I will do I'll give him the support all of you do not According to Me The voices took a different tact. They took on the faces of her friends "Always the first to cry," "Always the first to collapse," "Needs to be kept safe," "What can Kindness do in battle;" "Always the first to Run away," Again she slumped, this time the voices had laid her to the ground, and her song was a dirge. .According to Them I'm Fearful I'm Cowardly and I always just get in the way According to Them I Can't Defend Others Because I won't Hurt a Creature they say I'm the mare with the Weak Element Gem There the ones that cover that According to Them According to them This time her head did not rise, she lay their sobbing, the voices screaming in triumph, but then, the ugliest Butterfly she had ever seen alighted on her muzzle. It winked at her and she remembered. SHE hadn't given up her Element in that maze, Discord had to TAKE it from her. All the OTHERS, Honesty, Loyalty, Laughter, Generosity, MAGIC, were CONVINCED to give up theirs. It was the reason she had had nightmares afterwards. Discord had to use his chaos to reverse her element, because he was not able to convince her to turn aside from it SHE HAD PASSED THAT TEST, he had then cheated. Twilight had to have had a writers convenience to get her element back, and the way to get everyone else's. Because when you're kind you see a never ending parade of suffering and it is a daily struggle to remain kind, while not drowning in the blood. Discords words where nothing compared to that, those that stayed Kind in the face of it all had to be strong. So again her melodic voice rang out, and drove the voices before her. But According to Him I am His Strength I am His Anchor He refuses to leave me Again According to Him I am his reason Irrepressible The ONLY thing he ever needed He's always seen my heart I get it I will stop believing nonsense So with Discord I might start something new I love him with all that I have According to me Why can't they Appreciate Him Why they have to hate him, Oh No Why can't they see him the way I do It's so sad they can't open their Eyes But According to me He's amazing He's Fantasitic We will begin our life Now According to Me He's Handsome He's Devoted He's never going to be outcast again According to Me He's Funny So Snuggleable I can't believe I never noticed I can live with Impossible This is the most Improbable So what's the Fun in making sense I love him for all that and more According to Me He's Mine According to Me I'm His According to Us We're Perfect We're Loved We can do anything now. The Voices fell silent and all that was dark gave way, and Fluttershy saw her future with the lord of chaos, and what it could bring. She smiled, and left her fears, and the voices of yesterday where they belonged, and went forth, unafraid. As she did a charcoal mare, stars in her mane, having watched, Smiled too.